"But my basketball IQ has always been the top five in history. You see, the average of the two partners around me is above 20 points, because I know how to understand the game and how to manipulate the rules. You want to play with me instead of Owen. I don't mean to disrespect Owen by saying this, but this is his playing style. We don't grab the ball when playing with me. Everyone can get the ball he deserves, play well and get a big contract. "
The above passage is from gilbert arenas. Is arenas one of the top five players? Is arenas stronger than ou wenqiang? This question remains to be discussed, but don't think that Arenas is grandstanding again. Back to 15 years ago, Arenas was really no worse than Owen now.
We can see, how strong is Arenas?
Compared with Owen's entry into the league with a championship aura, Arenas' starting point is much lower: he is also a "champion", but only the second champion in the 200 1 session. Interestingly, Arenas, the second-round champion of that year, is more worthy of this title than kwame brown, the real champion show.
It took Arenas half a season to become the main force of the rookie season. In the 2002-03 season, Arenas played 82 games, enough playing time for him to win the best progress award that season. However, the Warriors did not leave the new star. Because of the rules at that time, the Warriors could not offer Arenas a big contract that exceeded the salary cap, thus letting the star of tomorrow go.
Arenas became an all-star in just two seasons with the Wizards. If it is the first round show, he still has a cheap rookie contract in his hand at this time.
In the 2004-05 season, Arenas averaged 25.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5. 1 assists 1.7 steals, which declared his official rise. In the 2004-07 season, Arenas was selected for the All-Star Game. Although this is the only all-star experience in his career, the gold content of these three all-stars is not low-because there were veteran superstar guards like Iverson and Carter in the east, and the strength faction like Billups also won the favor of the circle. Wade of the 03 rd generation began to grab the right to speak.
Arenas can compete with these stars, and in 2007, the Las Vegas All-Star replaced Iverson on the Westward Journey as the starting line, and he can also occupy a place in Adi Five Tigers, which is enough to show the strength and popularity of the general.
Arenas' three All-Stars were accompanied by three All-Star teams. Although there was no one for a while, the general really played like a superstar on the court.
Fans who are familiar with Arenas should not forget his classic game with Kobe Bryant beating the Lakers by 60 points. This game not only broke the scoring record held by Black Pearl Earl Monroe, but also perfectly explained why Arenas was on an equal footing with many Hall of Fame stars at that time-Zhuo Qun's individual scoring ability+strong competitive spirit+big heart, and Arenas had all the conditions for being a first-class superstar.
Since 2000, only eight players have scored at least 50 points in three consecutive games, and Arenas is one of them. Of the eight players, only he has never won MVP or FMVP. But for a player who can average 29.3 points per game at the age of 24, the MVP trophy is probably just a matter of course, right?
Arenas's growth from the second round show to the all-star starter is undoubtedly a surprise for the league, and his playing style has also broadened the horizons for fans. At that time, in the era when flying guards and middle-distance singles prevailed, Arenas' style made people shine.
At that time, Arenas can be said to have strengthened the strong big point guard to a new height and redefined the offensive power of the big point guard; The powerful upper limb strength made arenas easily throw a long-distance three-point sniper rifle, and his outstanding explosive power also made him have an unreasonable dribble stop for three points to solve the problem.
The fans should still remember Arenas's three-pointer winner who turned his back on the ball. This is indeed an important way for him to influence the game: Arenas set a team history record of 205 three-pointers in 2004-05 and 2006-07 seasons, which was not broken by bradley beal until recent years.
However, Arenas is not a pure pitcher, his breakthrough is extremely destructive, and at the same time, as he himself said, "I know how to manipulate the rules of the court", which allows him to struggle hard in the muscle jungle and get the referee's whistle. In the 2006-07 season, Arenas could make free throws 10 per game, and only nine defenders in history could do this.
In the regular season of 2006-07, Arenas played 73 times 1, averaging 0.99 times, which was not much worse than Harden's10.09 times/20 season.
Arenas's style of play is like reloading Curry and the first generation Harden, and there is no doubt that he also influenced the game style of a series of dual-energy defenders such as Harden later.
In 1996, 2 1 century ago 10, which was ruled by the golden generation and pursued by the generation of 03, Arenas created his own world, and the advertisement "Agent 0", which described how he became an all-star from a water dispenser manager, was deeply rooted in people's hearts at that time. During the period when Adi focused on the team's sneakers, Arenas was able to own a pair of personal signature shoes, which perfectly reflected his star charm.
However, the highlight of Arenas came to an abrupt end here: injuries and his neurotic personality ruined his smooth career.
At the end of the 2006-07 season, Arenas was accidentally hit by Gerald Wallace who made a layup against Bobcats, which made Arenas, who had the best performance in his career at that time, be reimbursed for the season.
Although this is not a big injury, the loss caused by high-load games in the past and the attitude of not paying attention have aggravated Arenas' injury: Arenas ranked third in the league in 2004-05, and even played the longest game in the league in 2005-06.
Since then, the knee injury has become the Achilles heel of Arenas-he underwent knee surgery intermittently, and he only played 15 games in the 2007-09 season. After the official return of the 2009- 10 season, the influence declined. Arenas is no longer the Harden-style heavy defender, but relying on his skills and experience, Arenas, who averaged 22+4+7 per game, is still worthy of the contract offered to him by the Wizards after his injury.
However, the Wizards' 100-million-yuan contract finally hit Shui Piao: the famous gun incident in the locker room made Arenas severely banned by the league, and at the same time, the Wizards couldn't stand him any longer. 10- 1 1 season, the former captain was traded soon after he was selected.
10- 1 1 At the end of the season, the poor performance of Arenas became the first player in the league to be laid off by the Amnesty clause, and the glory of agent 0 vanished. Maybe some fans compare him to derrick rose, because they also quit the ranks of first-class stars because of injury, but what ruined Arenas' career may be more his personality: besides holding a gun, he also has tickets and hooking up with teammates' girlfriends.
And Arenas is more like a "chaotic and evil" derrick rose.